Verb-noun collocations for Elementary students

EC Students in Cape Town

There are certain verbs that always go with certain nouns. We call this a collocation. Read 3 diary entries of a few students and choose the correct verbs from the box below to fill in on the blank space. Each verb can be used more than once.

1) There is so much to do in Cape Town. I like music and I _A_ guitar. I prefer to _B_ live music. There are many restaurants and pubs that I always _C_ for live music. My friends and I would always _D_ a few drinks and _E_ a taxi home later the night.

2) My friends and I usually _F_ walking along the mountain paths. We would often go very early and _G_ the sun rise and afterwards _H_ breakfast at a small restaurant. If it was a very hot day we would _I_ the beach and _J_ football on the sand.

3) I _K_ my homework every afternoon. At school I always _L_ the newspaper when I _M_ my coffee. I don’t often _N_ music, but I always _O_ the news on the radio. At the weekends I _P_ sightseeing and I _Q_ more than one movie when I _R_ the cinema.

Today's lesson is by Danica, teacher at EC Cape Town English language school

Link: Present Perfect and Past Simple

• Missing verb A is:
  
  read
  listen to
  go to
  do
  play
  take
  watch
  go
  have
  
  
• Missing verb B is:
  
  go to
  go
  listen to
  take
  have
  read
  watch
  play
  do
  
  
• Missing verb C is:
  
  read
  take
  go
  watch
  do
  listen to
  have
  play
  go to
  
  
• Missing verb D is:
  
  play
  take
  have
  read
  do
  watch
  go
  listen to
  go to
  
  
• Missing verb E is:
  
  have
  go to
  take
  read
  watch
  go
  do
  play
  listen to
  
  
• Missing verb F is:
  
  go
  read
  watch
  do
  go to
  take
  listen to
  play
  have
  
  
• Missing verb G is:
  
  have
  take
  read
  play
  go to
  watch
  do
  go
  listen to
  
  
• Missing verb H is:
  
  take
  do
  go
  play
  watch
  read
  listen to
  go to
  have
  
  
• Missing verb I is:
  
  listen to
  go
  take
  read
  do
  watch
  go to
  have
  play
  
  
• Missing verb J is:
  
  play
  go
  watch
  listen to
  go to
  have
  do
  take
  read
  
  
• Missing verb K is:
  
  have
  watch
  play
  do
  listen to
  go to
  read
  take
  go
  
  
• Missing verb L is:
  
  watch
  go to
  go
  have
  read
  listen to
  play
  do
  take
  
  
• Missing verb M is:
  
  watch
  go
  listen to
  play
  have
  read
  go to
  take
  do
  
  
• Missing verb N is:
  
  listen to
  go
  take
  read
  have
  go to
  do
  watch
  play
  
  
• Missing verb O is:
  
  watch
  listen to
  have
  play
  go
  go to
  take
  do
  read
  
  
• Missing verb P is:
  
  listen to
  read
  play
  have
  go to
  go
  do
  watch
  take
  
  
• Missing verb Q is:
  
  go to
  watch
  go
  listen to
  do
  take
  read
  play
  have
  
  
• Missing verb R is:
  
  do
  read
  play
  go
  take
  have
  go to
  watch
  listen to